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Welcome to Graduation!


Welcome to Graduation!

We hold two graduation events every year, in July and December. You can learn more about our graduation ceremonies below.

Key dates 

If you are… 

Your Graduation Ceremony will be held during...

A postgraduate taught student.

A postgraduate research student (awarded by November 1, 2025).

Winter Graduation 2025 - Monday 15 to Friday 19 December 2025.

An undergraduate.

A postgraduate research student (awarded by June 1 2025, excluding DClinPsy).

A postgraduate taught student with a January 2025 start date and a January 2026 end date.

Summer Graduation 2026 - Monday 20 to Thursday 30 July 2026.

Please note that all dates are subject to change.

Graduation archive

View videos, photographs and programmes from previous ceremonies here.

SUMMER GRADUATION 

  • Undergraduate degrees (including BA, BSc, BMus, BSc(Econ), MSci, LLB)
  • MSc Physics (Euromasters)
  • Postgraduate Research Degree Students awarded by 1 June

Royal Holloway in the summer

winter graduation

  • Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip)
  • Postgraduate degrees (MA, MBA, MSc, MMus, MRes)
  • Doctor of Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy)
  • Postgraduate Research Degree Students awarded by 1 November

Royal Holloway in the winter